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Donald Trump is once again putting pressure on Tehran. The ceasefire between the United States and Iran is “under respiratory assistance”said the American president in front of journalists at the White House, Monday May 11. Both sides have so far failed to reach an agreement to end the war. It is “like when the doctor comes in and says, ‘Sir, your loved one has exactly a 1% chance of living'”a affirmé le républicain.
• Iran asked the United States for an end to the conflict and the blockade. “The only thing we have demanded is Iran’s legitimate rights.” The spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided information on Monday on Tehran’s response to an American proposal for a peace agreement. Iran calls for an end to the war across the region, including Israeli operations in Lebanon, the lifting of the US blockade against Iranian ports and the unfreezing of Iranian assets abroad, Esmaïl Baghaï said. Donald Trump judged “unacceptable” these requests.
• The UN fears a “major humanitarian crisis”. En cause : the persistent blockage of fertilizers in the Strait of Hormuz. All that remains is “a few weeks for éviter” a catastrophe, the head of a UN working group responsible for freeing the passage of these crucial materials told AFP on Monday. She risks “plunge 45 million additional people into hunger”the détaillé Jorge Moreira da Silva.
• A meeting on the Strait of Hormuz co-chaired by Paris and London on Tuesday. It will bring together defense ministers from around forty countries ready to contribute to a mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz after the end of the war. They “should enjoy the meeting to discuss and define their military contributions to the defensive mission to reopen and secure the Strait of Hormuz when conditions permit.”detailed the British ministry.
• The aircraft carrier “Charles de Gaulle” is “approaching” the Strait of Hormuz. The aircraft carrier, sent to preposition itself in the Gulf region in the event of a mission to restore navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, “gets closer to the area to be as close as possible to our missions”declared government spokesperson Maud Bregeon on BFMTV. “Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz must be able to resume in a peaceful manner”says the minister.
